1. newspeak - Noun
2. Newspeak - Proper noun
deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public
Source: WordNetthe welfare state brought its own newspeak Source: Internet
Adding to the collective incomprehension, there’s new Orwellian Newspeak, infusing every facet of today’s inverted civil-military relations, that tacks toward the absurd. Source: Internet
The particularities of Newspeak make it impossible to translate most older English (oldspeak) texts into the language; the introduction of the Declaration of Independence, for instance, can be translated only into a single word: crimethink. Source: Internet
In Orwell’s dystopian novel, a totalitarian state maintains social control by obfuscating reality, using what the British author called “Newspeak” and “doublethink” to compel its subjects to acknowledge as true what they know is false. Source: Internet
This society comes complete with no laws, TV screens that monitor your every move, a new language called Newspeak, and the ruler to rule over all, Big Brother (Big Brother is always watching). Source: Internet
In George Orwell’s classic novel 1984, the official language, Newspeak, is based on making the choice of words ever-smaller. Source: Internet